MARY QUATTLEBAUM
| Author: Washington, D.C.; Tel: 202/362-5621 E-mail: MQuattle@aol.com Web address: www.maryquattlebaum.com |
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| Books: | Fifteen picture books, chapter books, middle-grade novels, and books of poetry, including Jackson Jones and the Puddle of Thorns; its sequel Jackson Jones and Mission Greentop; Winter Friends; Family Reunion; A Year on My Street; Grover G. Graham and Me; The Shine Man; Sparks Fly High (a colonial American folktale) and Underground Train, a picture book about a Metro journey and the sights and sounds of Washington, DC. |
| Fee: | $350 for one classroom or library presentation for kids, $600 for two presentations, and $1000 for four on the same day, with $200 for each one thereafter. Fee varies on talks to adult groups. Writing workshops for kids and adults, check www.maryquattlebaum.com for details. |
| Availability: | Grades: Preschool to 6th; adults; educators and university students |
| Features: | Interactive presentations on the writing, revising, and publishing process, with mention of how I got started as a kid and where I get ideas. Includes visuals such as drafts, galleys, illustrator's sketches, and a chance for kids to discuss their ideas and ask questions. Talks to preschoolers include creative movement and sound. Can also focus on poetry and poetic elements for National Poetry Month in April and share writing resources for youngsters, including information on writing for the kids' page of a national magazine. |
| Awards and Experience: | Marguerite de Angeli Prize; Parenting Reading Magic Award; Blue Ribbon from the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books; Sugarman Award, inclusion on a number of state Children's Choice lists; numerous writing and educational project grants. Sixteen years' experience teaching creative writing in schools, senior centers, universities, and conferences. Currently teach "Writing for Children" classes at Georgetown University SSCE and the Writer's Center in Bethesda, and write frequently for the Washington Post and various magazines for children and adults. |
